Mission

S.E.S.A.M.E. is a leading national voice for the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment of students by teachers and other school staff. Our organization works toward the following goals:

• Increasing public awareness of educator sexual abuse by breaking the silence in a strong and united voice.
• Fostering recovery of victims and survivors through mutual support and access to information.
• Encouraging victims and survivors of educator sexual abuse to report their offenders to local law enforcement officials and state education department credentialing offices.
• Insisting upon implementation of and adherence to child-centered educator sexual abuse policies, regulations and laws.
• Directing attention to the maintenance of proper boundaries between school staff and students by promoting annual training, the adoption of professional standards and codes of ethics.